NBPA President Fred VanVleet Says Sports Gambling Revenue Not Worth Risks To Players

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• NBPA President Fred VanVleet Says Sports Gambling Revenue Not Worth Risks To Players

  NBA Players Association president Fred VanVleet says sports gambling income represents roughly 1% of basketball-related revenue shared between the league and players, which is a figure he considers too small to justify the risks the industry poses to the sport. "It's not substantial enough to make it worth any of this," VanVleet told the New York Times. "For us or for the league, quite frankly." VanVleet, 32, was elected union president last summer while recovering from a torn ACL. He has mad...

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  Article published:Mar 6, 11:43 AM ET

• Rockets' Fred VanVleet says NBA gambling revenue not worth risk to players

  Houston Rockets guard and NBPA president Fred VanVleet believes the NBA may be getting far more trouble than benefit from sports gambling. And he says the money does not come close to balancing it out. VanVleet told The New York Times that gambling revenue accounts for roughly one percent of basketball-related income shared between players […] The post Rockets’ Fred VanVleet says NBA gambling revenue not worth risk to players appeared first on Hoops Wire .

  Publisher:HoopsWireArticle published:Mar 6, 11:38 PM ET

• Fred VanVleet says gambling revenue too small, risky - TalkBasket.net

  NBA Players Association president Fred VanVleet said sports gambling revenue makes up only about 1% of the basketball-related income shared by players and the league, calling it too small to justify the risks gambling poses to the sport. “It’s not substantial enough to make it worth any of this,” VanVleet told the New York Times. […] The post Fred VanVleet says gambling revenue too small, risky appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

  Publisher:TalkBasket.netArticle published:Mar 6, 1:46 PM ET